Improvement in shoes



J. C. WE'IL.

SHOES.

Patented May 9, 1876.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

N-PETERS, PNOTD-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

JOHN G. WEIL, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

. IMPROVEMENT IN SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [77,183, dated May 9, 1876; application filed March 25, 1876.

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. WEIL, of the city and county of Baltimore, Maryland, have invented a'new and useful Improvement in Machine-Sewed Shoes, of which the following is a specification My invention consists of an extra insole.

covering lasting-tacks and the seam made over on the second, to fasten it by pasting on the top of it. The said tags will be arranged along the middle portion of the shoe and the heel, the toe to be fastened by pasting only, and this will be purposely thinly spread, to hold it smooth and neat while the shoe is in the store, and allow it to break loose by wear, by which the shoewill be still easier and less heating to the foot.

Figurevl is a perspective view of my improved shoe, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. I

A is the outsole; B, the ordinary insole; G, the extra insole which I apply; I), the tags .for secnringit, and E a lining of muslin cov- These tags for fastening down the extra insole are fastened between ering the whole.

2. A secondary insole, C, secured'along the j middle portion by thetags-D, and temporarily secured by paste at the heel and toe, substantially as specified.

JOHN-CHRISTIAN WEIL.

I Witnesses I. H. EVANS, HENRY WEIL. 

